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ZURUECK ZUM STANDARD LAYOUT
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Panama's West:
A ride through dry bush and grass land
Bush fire
For sale: 20$ (at least for me as a gringo)
country originals
Sometimes I am looked at as if I was an alien.
This flag can open a lot of doors:
I was recognised as a Swiss and invited to visit the local Nestlé factory.
Natá's colonial church
How tiring the Panamerican Highway can be:
Busy and boring
Finally the bridge I was longing for: Puente de las Americas, ...
... the only kilometer I did not ride - rush hour non stop and no space for bikes at all
Panama City
The canal:
The locks
This is how it works: Look at the water lines!
Compare!
Good bye, next one!
Step one
Step two
Good bye
Reaching the Caribbean Side brings lots of changements.
Street life in Portobelo, ...
...which was originally an important colonial harbour.
Every bus a peace of art
The end of Panama - no road to Colombia
Break up on a sailing boat
Capitan James [Cook]
Our sailing boat, the Seahorse
Stopover at the San Blas Islands, ...
a little paradise to visit...
... with coral riffs everywhere
The coral bones
The archipel has got some 400 islands;...
... opportunity to explore, ...
... space enough to camp ...
... and moments to say good bye to Central America.